Rachael F. Heller

Eh, not for me. As I was reading, I was quite certain I was a carb addict...but I stopped in the middle (to read other things) and got more doubtful the more I thought about it. Now it feels like a horoscope - written in such a way that just about everyone will say "Yes! They're talking about me!". Some of the recipes may be mildly interesting (it's always good to get more veg into your diet), but a lot of them are trying too hard. Vegetarian "meat", or in this case "bread" and "pancakes", show more are usually not nearly as good as vegetarian vegetables - let the food be what it is, don't try to make it pretend to be something else. show less

In shades of Dan Brown, a pattern expert is inexplicably lured into a search for a lost icon. Questions about who is a good guy and who is a bad guy abound. The authors could have done more research on temple era Judaic traditions for more realism. But it kept my attention and I am not sorry I read it.

Starts off very slowly and never really gets a good pace going. A story of a hidden scroll, tzaddikim and conspiracy with some fundamental muslims and christians as the token baddies, this failed to impress me and really didn't give me any real urge to look for more by the authors.

There are some historical errors and several occasions that I had to wonder what the authors were trying to do with the story.

I've read worse, but I've definitely read better!

Not a great read. I honestly could not make it through without skimming large sections, which is rare for me. The dialogues are stiff and the plot is a short story stretched out into a novel. Pass.